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the united states post office needs money. a lot of money. so starting today, it's going to cost you a little more to send your mail if you are just want to send a normal letter to grand grandma, a penny more. 46 cents. a postcard goes to 33 cents. it doesn't end there. it now costs you $1.10 to send a letter to canada and mexico. $1.05 for most other destinations. overall, prices for mailing and shipping will increase by 4%. u.s. postal regulatory commission ruth goldway joins me to talk about this. let me show you this first. the net loss of the u.s. postal service, about $16 billion last year. more than triple the $5 billion in losses the year before. is the post office going broke? is a penny more for a letter really going to turn things around? >> a penny will bring about another billion in revenue to the postal service this year. but the issue with regard to the big deficits relates to the fact that the postal service has to prepay a fund that will pay for future retirees' health care benefits over the next five years. an accounting mec
the united states post office needs money. a lot of money. so starting today, it's going to cost you a little more to send your mail if you are just want to send a normal letter to grand grandma, a penny more. 46 cents. a postcard goes to 33 cents. it doesn't end there. it now costs you $1.10 to send a letter to canada and mexico. $1.05 for most other destinations. overall, prices for mailing and shipping will increase by 4%. u.s. postal regulatory commission ruth goldway joins me to talk about...
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which speaker of the house later became president of the united states? if you know the answer, tweet me, @randikayecnn. no googling or cheating. be first to tweet me. where is flo? anybody know where flo is? are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo, buddy! i got this. gimme one, gimme one, gimme one! the power of the "name your price" tool. only from progressive. >>> before the break i asked if you knew the answer to this -- which speaker of the house later became president of the united states? drum roll, please. the answer is james polk. he remains the only president who served as speaker. big congratulations to kevin for being the first one to tweet the right answer. way to go. >>> we are taking the pulse of congress this morning. trying to get a handle on whether the new congress will be any different from the old one. m
which speaker of the house later became president of the united states? if you know the answer, tweet me, @randikayecnn. no googling or cheating. be first to tweet me. where is flo? anybody know where flo is? are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo,...
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and i am leading the trumper unit and people do not believe he is an orangutan, but he was left here by aliens at some point. and donald trump, the man is billionaire and owns hotels and buildings, and bill maher, she s a comedian and people tell jokes and then people laugh. if you don't like the jokes, then ignore them. bill maher is a villain in a james bond movie to wipe out comedy, and it is unseemly for a guy who has done everything unseemly. this is the lowest he has gone. >> that is the comic background there, but as a former lawyer, he does not have a case here against mar? >> well, no, one of the first elements of a contract is an offer, and the offer has to be intent to enter into the contract, and bill maher is saying right before this fake offer, you are the son of an orangutan and you comedic. and people say all of the time, i will pay to see that, and them you have to be in court to defend a lawsuit against that. that is ridiculous. and donald trump wants public y publicity. >> let me guess, this is another attempt at publicity. >> donald trump loves publicity and nobod
and i am leading the trumper unit and people do not believe he is an orangutan, but he was left here by aliens at some point. and donald trump, the man is billionaire and owns hotels and buildings, and bill maher, she s a comedian and people tell jokes and then people laugh. if you don't like the jokes, then ignore them. bill maher is a villain in a james bond movie to wipe out comedy, and it is unseemly for a guy who has done everything unseemly. this is the lowest he has gone. >> that...
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or chicago in the united states or around the world, island nations even, when you ban guns, we've seen increases in murder rates all the time. you look at these multiple-victim public shootings. with just one exception, since at least 1950, every single one has occurred where guns are banned. take the oaurora, colorado, shooting from last july. there were seven movie theaters within the killer's apartment showing the batman movie. he didn't go to the closest theater to his home. he didn't go to the theater that had the largest auditorium. instead he went to th single auditorium that posted signs banning concealed weapons. you see that time after time. >> here is my question, john. what you're giving me is post hac, after, therefore, because of. fact a, guns are banned. fact b, a shooting happened. what you're not giving me is the direct correlation between the strict laws and the complete tie to the shooting. do you know -- have you spoken with gyms holmes? do you know he went to that theater because of the gun ban or because he could park close to the back door, or because he could go
or chicago in the united states or around the world, island nations even, when you ban guns, we've seen increases in murder rates all the time. you look at these multiple-victim public shootings. with just one exception, since at least 1950, every single one has occurred where guns are banned. take the oaurora, colorado, shooting from last july. there were seven movie theaters within the killer's apartment showing the batman movie. he didn't go to the closest theater to his home. he didn't go...
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are taking place in the united states. there are medical journal articles to this effect. so, the fact is, it is here. the second question is a policy question. do we think life is so cheap in the united states that you can kill somebody before birth, have an abortion really on grounds of sex? this is the feminist thing coming home to roost. it's mostly girl babies who are being killed. >> but some say, though, that your newest bill could actually encourage doctors, as we heard there, to profile asian-american patients who are seeking abortion. that is common in that culture. is that a concern for you at all? do you think about who this might affect? >> no. look, first of all, the local prosecutor is going to have to get information. he can't compel people to testify against himself. if enough information piles up, a case could be presented to a grand jury. none of the rules of evidence change here. what's going on is a deflection from the utter contempt for life that we have now descended into when you can kill a girl bab
are taking place in the united states. there are medical journal articles to this effect. so, the fact is, it is here. the second question is a policy question. do we think life is so cheap in the united states that you can kill somebody before birth, have an abortion really on grounds of sex? this is the feminist thing coming home to roost. it's mostly girl babies who are being killed. >> but some say, though, that your newest bill could actually encourage doctors, as we heard there, to...
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the chief of police and county executive put me in charge of this unit. they wanted me to reduce thefts by 10%. and i met with the retailers, established a rapport with them. the number-one item that was being stolen countywide, statewide was tide detergent. they couldn't keep it on the shelves. >> so in terms of why it's being still toen -- when i first heard the story i assumed it was like sudafed or some drugs being used to makes other drugs like meth or something. but tide has nothing to do with making drugs, right? this is simply a question of stealing it and then bartering with it? >> yes, ma'am. we thought the same thing. i had unlimited resources. i stayed up late at night trying to find out what was the link, why so much tide of being stolen. and basically it's just a popular product, and everybody washes clothes. and it's low risk of being caught and high reward. >> so how big of a problem are we talking about here? how many people have you arrested? is there a big tide ring going on? >> yes, ma'am. since 2011, we've probably arrested 30 people
the chief of police and county executive put me in charge of this unit. they wanted me to reduce thefts by 10%. and i met with the retailers, established a rapport with them. the number-one item that was being stolen countywide, statewide was tide detergent. they couldn't keep it on the shelves. >> so in terms of why it's being still toen -- when i first heard the story i assumed it was like sudafed or some drugs being used to makes other drugs like meth or something. but tide has nothing...